Kerr Eby (Harold Kerr Eby)

Cornwall

Kerr Eby: Published by the Brooklyn Society of Etchers, Harold Kerr Eby's Cornwall was the Associate Members' print for the year 1927. It depicts a small Cornish village nestled on an inlet. A two-masted ship is docked in the foreground and rolling hills are seen in the background. To the lower left within the plate Kerr Eby has written what appears to be, "Eby, Cornwall, 1927". The artist created several etchings of Cornish scenes during this time.

Impressions of Harold Kerr Eby's Cornwall are included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Yale University Art Gallery.

Cornwall

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#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Info
01.-		Cornwall by Kerr Eby	Original Etching	1927	Signed in pencil by Kerr Eby under the plate-mark and Titled and dated within the plate to the lower left.
02.-		Evening, Arizona by George Elbert Burr	Original Etching	1930	Signed in pencil by George Elbert Burr in the lower margin and also signed with the artist's 'GB' monogram, in the plate, limited edition of 400 impressions.
03.-		Porticus of Octavia, Rome by Louis Conrad Rosenberg	Original Drypoint Engraving	1928	Signed by Louis Rosenberg in pencil under the plate-mark and also signed with his ‘L. C. R.’ monogramme and dated within the plate, limited edition of 375 impressions.

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Title:	Cornwall
Artist:	Eby, Kerr Harold (Tokyo, Japan, 1890, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1946)
Date:	1927
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Brooklyn Society of Etchers
Note:	Kerr Eby 'Harold Kerr Eby': Born to Canadian missionary parents stationed in Japan, Harold Kerr Eby moved to New York in 1907 and studied art techniques at the Pratt Institute and at the Art Students League. He then began working as a magazine illustrator and at the American Lithographic Company. He also developed working relationships with Childe Hassam and John Henry Twachtman and became a member of their artist colony in Cos Cob, Connecticut.
	When America entered the First World War in 1917 Kerr Eby enlisted in the army. He served with the 40th Engineers in France and saw action as both an ambulance worker and as a camoufleur. The war and its horrors had a profound effect upon Kerr Eby's art. He created many drawings at or near the front, and when he returned to New York at the war's end he utilized these for a number remarkable etchings and lithographs. Eby's other fine prints concentrated upon landscapes and architectural views in both the United States and England. He was a full member of the Brooklyn Society of Etchers by 1925.
	By the mid 1930's it was evident to many that another World War loomed on the horizon. Although not a pacifist, the artist felt obliged to visually convey the sufferings and costs of military conflict. In 1936 his illustrated book, War, was published by Yale University Press.
	Kerr Eby applied to enlist in the services when America declared war again in 1941, but was rejected due to his age. He was, however, accepted in a combat artist program and, in 1943 and 1944, traveled with the Marines to the South Pacific. He witnessed and recorded the violent battles of Tarawa and Guadalcanal and was trapped for three weeks in a foxhole on Bougainville. There Eby obtained a tropical disease from which he never recovered.
	Today major collections of the art of Kerr Eby may be seen at the New York Public Library, the United States Navy Art Collection, the Library of Congress and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
	Founded in 1915, The Brooklyn Society of Etchers held their annual exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum of Art from 1916 until 1930. Its founding members included Ernest Roth (President), Troy Kinney, Eugene Higgins, Fred Reynolds, Paul Roche, and Susan A. Hutchinson. From (1915-1930), their members included such great American artists as, John Taylor Arms, Frank Benson, Edward Hopper, Will Simmons, John W. Winkler, Mary Cassatt, and others. Harold Kerr Eby's original etching, "Cornwall" was published by the Brooklyn Society of Etchers in 1927. In 1931, due to the increased membership by artists from other states, such as, Louis Conrad Rosenberg, Arthur William Heintzelman, Carl J. Nordell, George Elbert Burr, Harold Kerr Eby and many others, it was decided to change the name of the Brooklyn Society of Etchers to the Society of American Etchers, Inc.
Provenance:	This orignal Harold Kerr Eby etching entitled, Cornwall hails from the estate of LeRoy Latham (1874-1938) and thence to his heirs. LeRoy Latham was Chairman of Latham Lithographing Company (Latham Litho & Printing Co.), also listed as the (Latham Lith. & Ptg. Co.). Situated in Brooklyn, New York, it was one of America's largest lithographic printing establishments in the early twentieth century. His large print collection consisted of many examples of French and British nineteenth century lithographs as well as contemporary American lithographs, etchings and wood engravings.
Edition:	Limited edition of 300 - 400 impressions.
Size:	5 1/4 X 9 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon smooth, laid paper and with full margins as published by the Brooklyn Society of Etchers in 1927. Titled and dated within the plate to the lower left and signed in pencil by the artist under the plate-mark. Containing two tape stains in the upper corner (well removed from the actual etching) else in excellent condition throughout. Cornwall represents a beautiful, original example of the etched art of Kerr Eby.
Subject:	Kerr Eby, Harold Kerr Eby, Cornwall, original etching, American landscape and architectural etchers, war and its horrors, Tarawa and Guadalcanal, Brooklyn Society of Etchers.
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